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Show October 25, 1963 TIIE EUREKA (UTAH) REPORTER Page Sixteen Diamond, location of first claim, is ghost town Diamond received its name from some clear white crystas found on the ground known as the Sunbeam Mine at the foot of Sunrise Mountains, which were at first thought to be diamonds. The crystals were later found to be quartz or topaz, and the canyon come to be known as Crystal Canyon. The discovery was found in 1869. In the next two or three years, other mines were and developed, and were known as the Rising Sun, The Joe Bowers. The Walker, The Showers and the Mornng Glory. Some of the mines produced for several years. The first ore mined was shipped by ox team to the north of Salt Lake, and then on to smelters in California and Colorado, and some as far as Swansea, Wales. Two smelters were built in the Tintic Valley in 1871 near the McIntyre Tintic Ranch, and the fuel used was charcoal made from pine and cedar trees found in the mountains nearby. The life of Diamond was short, since they encountered water, (the bugaboo of mining in the level, and District) at too it was costly to pump it. hey-daIn her the old town boasted of four stores, three hotels, one post office and a few liquid refreshment bars. School was held there for several years, with John Carson in charge. Around 1875 residents began moving out, and the buildings were moved or destroyed and the town soon became a ghost town. A few old mine dumps and a cemetery is the only trace of the once thriving little town. Some of the remembered names who were residents of Diamond were Matthews, Poynter, Course, Rose, Goff, Hills, Sullivan, Browns, Fleming, Tollman, Hickman, Harrington and Ferguson. d's-cover- Early view of Mammoth and the Mammoth Mine. This picture is dated 1910. mountain above the dump is still In existence to Jay. erate the mill. A second mill Mammoth mine proves to be up to fever pitch. The New Park Mining Company agreed producer long-tim- e The name of McIntyre and Mammoth are almost synonymous. Since 1873, when the McIntyres, Samuel and William arrived in Mammoth, there has always been a McIntyre family living there. At the present Mrs. Earl McIntyre and her two sons, Steele and Howard and their families make their home there, and by reason of majority stock ownership in the Mammoth Mine is still under the McIntyre control. The McIntyres drove a herd of longhorned cattle from Texas, and soon after their arrival they were induced by a man Building on the named Crismon, who had a substantial interest in the Mammoth mine, to trade a herd of long horns" for his share of the mine. For the McIntyres, it proved very profitable and the mine ran continuously until 1945, when it was closed down. However, at the present time things are certainly looking up for Mammoth (as the stock market will verify). With the New Park Mining Company and the Mammoth M'ning Company entering into a point venture agreement in December 1961, mining interest in the camp was stepped to explore and develop the Mammoth Mine in Juab County. Subsequently, New Park Mining Company began an intense program of geologic mapping and diamond drilling, resulting in the indication of a substantial body of copper ore below the lowest workings of the Mammoth Mine. Due to the difficult nature of the d;amond drilling and to the relatively poor core recovery, New Park Mining Company decided to deepen the Mammoth Shaft 500 feet to the 2600 level, and to develop the ore body by drifts and raises. Shaft sinking operations began in February 1963, and the ore body was encountered on July gold-silv- er 29, 1963. At the present time, a crew of 14 men are engaged in the development of the ore body and a new diamond drilling program has begun to test for the downward extension of the ore body into the favorable Teutonic and Ophir formations. Charles A. Steen is president and general manager of New Park Mining Company, and David H. Clegg is secre- Congratulations to the Utah tary. Mining Thus the predictions of many of the old time mining men in Mammoth would seem to be coming true, and once again the Mammoth Mine could very well be a real producer. Industry in 300-fo- ot y, Mc-Intos- e, Homansville In the early days of Tintic, around 1871 a small mill and a smelter were built in a little valley east of Eureka, later known as Homansville. Coke ovens were built of bricks for processing cedar for coke. The coke generated the heat to op- - Disaster hits Eureka mine Sept. 17, 1914 The worst mine disaster in the history of the Tintic Mn-in- g District occurred on Sept. 17, 1914, when 12 men were at the caught in a cave-iCentennial Eureka ( Blue Rock) Mine. Only one man, Jacob Pinterella, survived. He was in the mine for 74 hours before being rescued, according to one of his daughters, Mrs. Daisy Harding, a long-tim- e resident of Eureka, now resting in Provo. Mrs. Harding reports that it was many days before all the bodies of the 11 men were recovered. The victims were Edward Allen. Ed J. Barrck, Thomas Bottrell, Earl D. Brison, John Hewsen, William Knipe, John Knipe, Bert Lossee, Fred Sanquist, Mike Ross and Kurt Zierrold. M: Bottrells widow and son Tom, still make their home in Eureka. Conducting the rescue w'ere well remembered names of earlier years: Supt. Mayberry, foreman, Harry McClain; Supt. L. C. Doty of the Bullion Beck n, Mine. celebrating your First 100 Years G 1863 to 1963 100 ed was built in Homansville in 1873. First ores smelted were from the Scotia mine in West Tintic and from the Wyoming claim later known as part of the Eagle and Blue Bell. At one time Homansville was considered one of the wildest towns in the District. There was one big boarding house, manv saloons and several Homansville like dwellings. many other towns in the Tintic District has disappeared. Going from Eureka to Goshen you pass through the little valley, there is little to remind one that it was once a rather thriving small town. Homansville was first settled by Hyrum Gardner and Lorenzo Fullenback. Mr. Gardners daughter, Mrs. Joan Campbell still makes her home in Eureka. years of progress! JL Saluting the YOUR AMERICAN OIL DEALER Utah Mining Industry fcanJlei Sc GIG'S CAFE EUREKA. UTAH EUREKA. i UTAH |